Joe Trippi, campaign adviser to John Edwards, sent an e-mail today with the subject, “George Bush doesn’t care about poor people.” An excerpt:

One in 8 Americans currently lives in poverty. George Bush is ignoring all 37 million of them. We need to stop ignoring poverty—and make ending it a national priority. John Edwards is launching the Road to One America Tour next week to shine a light on the 37 million Americans who live in poverty. If we don’t stand up for them, who will? George Bush and his corporate buddies won’t. The lobbyists in Washington won’t. And since the media can’t stop talking about Paris Hilton, you can bet they won’t help shine a light on it.

The bad news for Edwards, however, is that thanks to Tucker Carlson actually reporting on the subject, it’s poor people that don’t care about John Edwards:

CARLSON: Poor John Edwards, not literally, of course. He‘s richer than some countries. But he‘s chosen the problem of poverty and the widening chasm between rich and poor in America as the central theme of his presidential campaign. What do poor people think of that, and him? The latest “Washington Post” and ABC News poll shows that Democrats and Democratic leaning independents who make less than 20 grand a year prefer Hillary Clinton to John Edwards by a margin of 55 to 10. Now, for all intents and purposes, that is a shutout. Another “Washington Post” poll indicates that among independent voters who make less than 20 grand, 40 percent say they absolutely would not vote for John Edwards in the general election. How can that be? He loves them. They don‘t love him back. Here to try to explain, we welcome Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter and Steve McMahon. Stephanie, I‘m sure there have been more embarrassing polls. I just can‘t recall one.